Combined collar-button and necktie-holder.



-0. N. KELLY.

COMBINED CDLLAR BUTTON AND NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICANON FILED DEC. 21h 1915. RENEWED DEC. 12.1918.

l 1,293,11 8, Patente Feb. 4, 1919.

Affari/ey arie. u

ORSON N. KELLY, OF DALLAS, TEXASr COMBINED COLLAR-BUTTON AND NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

Application-filed `December 128, 1915, Serial No. 69,050. Renewed December 12,1918. Serial No. 266,511.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ORSON N. KELLY, a citizen of ,the United States, residing at Dallas, `in thecounty of `Dallas and State of Texas, have invented'a new `and useful Combined Collar-Button and N ecktie-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved 4collar button Vand necktie holder made ofsheet metal, celluloid, bone, rubber, or any other suitable sheetor strip material desired.

`This invention has for :an object to provide a device of this character which may be made of one piece ror :"stripof material, preferably sheet metal; 4which Awill securely hold the back of a collar to the back of a neck bandof a shirt withoutthenecessity of additional attachments or Ibutton holes yin either the collar or the neck band; which is `adapted to receive `collars and neckties of different sizes or widths; which is provided with a smooth, `iiat part to receive the tie thereagainst, so as not to tear 'the tie; which holds the necktie in thebottom of the collar, and at the same time admits of the free slipping of the same in the collar; which is easy to place in the collar and subsequently apply to the n eck band; and in which the tie is inserted or placed in the usual manner of applying ties to collars.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature, which has a flat body portion to lie close against the outer side of a collar, or between the folds of a turnedover collar, and to provide a sheet metal body with a flat uninterrupted surface and smooth edges over which the necktie may be freely drawn without binding or injuring the tie; which has a relatively broad hook turned outwardly from the upper end of the 'body to hold thetie from slipping up on the collar, and which has an upturned hook upon its lower end for engagement through the button hole, `in or beneath, the neck band of the shirt, the hook having a hump or transverse rib across its inner face to contract the throat of the hook and insure the binding of the lparts therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature capable of performing all of the above noted functions, and having theabove described advantages, and whichat` the same time, is made from a single relatively short length of stripmetal, or other ydesirable material, peculiarly bent and stamped to provide the relatively few essential parts of the device.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be more fully brought out in the 'following specific description of `the present preferred embodiment of this invention, the same Vbeing illustrated in `the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective View `of one form of a device made from strip material, and embodying the features of this invention.

Fig. ,2 is an edge elevation of the same, the neck band of a shirt, anda collar being applied thereto, and shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a perspective `view of the device, showing a slight modification thereof.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a central Ilongitudinal section, taken through the device of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is -a perspective view of a still fur-Q ther modified forni of the sheet metal collar button and necktie holder.

Fig. 7 is an edge view of thesame. Referring `to this drawing, wherein like parts are designated by similar numerals of reference throughout the several views,

Vand referring particularly to Figs. l and 2,

24 designates a relatively fiat straight body portion of strip material, such as sheet metal, Celluloid, bone, rubber, or any suitable material, forrned vof a width equal substantially to the length of a button hole. The Vbody 24 is provided upon its upper end with a hook 25, the same being disclosed in the form of a rolled over extremity of the strip, to* provide an abutment or stop at the outer side, and at the upper end of the body 24. The lower end of the body 24 is bent abruptly back upon itself, so as to provide a stop or shoulder 26 of double thickness, the outer vside of which is co-extensive, and

lies in the same plane,l with the body 24. The upper end of the stop 26 is turned 1nwardly at substantially right angles to provide a supporting shoulder 27 extending across the entire width of the strip of metal, and being bent upwardly at its outer edge to provide a lower hook or tongue 28. The hook or tongue 2S has near its bill, or free end, a transverse inwardly directed rib or crimp 29, providing a. hump adapted to contract the throat or passage in the hook. The bill of the hook is curved slightly inwardly, and is preferably rounded to form a lip 30, which admits of the easy insertion of the hook through the button holes, beneath the gussets of the neck bands, and the like. From Fig. 2, it will be noted that the body 24 lies against the outer side of the inner fold 31 of a collar, and that the outer fold 32 of the collar passes down about the hook or stop 25. Itis, of course, understood that when a standing collar is employed the outer flap 32 is not used and the body 24 lies iat against the inner fold 31. The lip 30 is inserted through the button hole near the lower edge of the inner fold 31, and either up beneath the gusset 33 of the neck band 34, or through the button hole in the gusset or neck band. Fig. 2 shows the lip engaging up beneath the gusset 33, the stop 26 limiting the insertion of the lip and the hook 2S, and holding the supporting shoulder 27 through the button hole and against the lower edge oi' the gusset 33. The hump 29 bears against the inner side of the gusset 33 and frictionally binds the same against the inner Jface of the collar fold 31.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, the body 24 is relatively lat and straight, and has an out- NIJturned hook or stop 25a upon its upper end, which comprises the Hanging outwardly of the upper end of the metallic strip to form a relatively short stop shoulder adapted to fit in between the folds 3l and 32 of the collar. The lower end of the metallic strip is stamped and cut to provide an intermediate tongue which is coextensive with the body 24, and which forms a stop 26a. The portions of the sheet metal strip lying at the opposite sides of the tongue are bent inwardly at substantially right anglesy to provide a supporting shoulder 27 1, the outer ends of which merge into the metallic strip, and are bent upwardly to provide a lower hook 28a. lThe hook 28a has the transverse rib or hump 29L directed inwardly from the hook, and its provided with a relatively broad lip 30a, rounded olf at its edges to admit of the easy insertion of the lip through the button holes, and the like.

In Figs. 6 and 7 a still further modified form is shown, wherein the body 24 and the hook 25 are of the form disclosed in Fig. 1. The body 24 is out and stamped at its lower end to provide a straight tongue Jr'ormin a stop shoulder 26, co-extensive with one e ge or halt of the body 24, and projecting downwardly therefrom, and in the same plane therewith. YThe opposite half or edge of the lower end of the body 24 is bent'inwardly at substantially a right angle to provide a supporting shoulder 27, and is thence bent upwardly at a right angle to form the lower hook 28C, provided with the transverse hump or ridge 29C, and the rounded out-turned lip 30.

If desired, any one, or all, of the forms above described may be provided, in the supporting shoulder, such as shown at 27 in Figs. 6 and 7, with a transverse crimp forming a raised bead 35. This bead 35 provides a transverse groove in the underside ol the supporting shoulder, and yieldably holds the device in the members through, or with, which it passes or engages.

It will be noted that in all of the above speciiically described forms of the invention, the device is made of a single length of strip metal, which is suitably bent and stamped to provide the upper and lower hooks, and the depending stop or stopshoulder, and the supporting shoulder.

It is, of course, understood that it is within the spirit of the invention to make such changes in form and design as will adapt the device to various usages for the purpose of ornamentation, and the like, such changes and modications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A combined collar and necktie holder comprising a fiat strip having one end bent to one side forming a hook adapted to engage the upper edge of a necktie, said strip being bent to provide a shoulder near its opposite end which shoulder extends away from the strip in a direction opposite to the said hook, an upstanding hook rising from the outer end of the shoulder and extending in the same general direction as the strip and spaced therefrom by the length of the shoulder, the end of the strip opposite the firstmentioned hook being continued beyond the said shoulder to form a straight stop which lieslin the vertical plane of the strip and below the second-mentioned hook.

2. A combined collar button and necktie holder comprising a flat strip bent laterally at one end to provide a hook, the opposite end of said flat strip being returned upon itself in a direction opposite to that of said hook to provide a longitudinally extending stop in the plane of the strip, and being bent outwardly from the inner end of the stop to provide a supporting shoulder extending substantially at right angles from the strip, In testimony that I claim the foregoing and terminating at its outer end in a tongue as my own, I have hereto adfixed my signa- 10 bent at substantially right angles to the ture in the presence of two witnesses. shoulder and extending toward said first end of the strip, to provide a second hook ORSON N KELLY inwardly of the stop and on the opposite Witnesses: Jslide andkopposite end of the strip from said R. W. CALLAWAY,

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